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User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers ZM020010I Rev.A XZ001 A GILENT A CQIRIS U SER M ANUAL F AMILY OF 8- BIT D IGITIZERS For Use with DP and DC Series Digit izers Models covered: DP105 / DP106 / DP110 DP111 / DP210 / DP211 / DP212 DP214 / DP235 / DP240 DP1400 DC110 / DC135 / DC140 DC211 / DC211A / DC240 / DC241 / DC241A DC265 / DC270 / DC271 / D[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 2 of 66 June 2007 The inform ation in this doc ument is subject to change wi thout notice and m ay not be constr ued in any way as a commitment by Agilent Technologies In c. While Agilent Technologies makes every effort to ensure the accuracy and contents of the document it assumes no respon sibility for[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 3 of 66 CONTENTS 1. OUT OF TH E BOX ................................................................................................................. .......... 5 1.1. Message t o the User ............................................................................................................ .......[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 4 of 66 3.4.3. Trigger Level .................................................................................................................. 35 3.4.4. Edge T rigger Slope......................................................................................................... 35 3.4.5. Window Tr igger [...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 5 of 66 1. Out of the Box 1.1. Message to the User Congratulat ions on havin g purchased a n Agilent Techn ologies Acqiri s data conversi on product. Acqiris Digi tizers are high-speed data acquisition modules designe d for capturing high frequency el ectronic signals. To get the most out of the products[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 6 of 66 DC271-FAMILY DC135/DC140/DC 211/DC211A/DC241 /DC241A/ DC271/DC271A/ DC271AR/DP214/DP235/DP2 40 1.4. Disclaimer and Safety The DP Series PCI Di gitizer cards have bee n designed to operate in a standard PCI slot found inside m ost personal computers. The m odel DC Series CompactPCI/PXI Di git izer[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 7 of 66 1.7. Warranty All Agilent Technologies Acqiris Dig itizer products are wa rranted to operate within specificatio n, assuming normal operation, for a period o f three years fr om the date o f ship ment. It is recommended that yearly calibration be made in order to verify pr oduct performance. All [...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 8 of 66 Linux kernel driver source code is available for c o mpilation. Support for W indows 95/98/NT4 is included “as is” since these operating system s ar e no longer su pported by Microsoft. Hard Drive Space: 20 MB Minimum CD Drive (or any method to copy Ac qiris Soft ware installation files from [...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 9 of 66 1.12. Cleaning Cleaning procedur es consist only of exterior cleaning. Clean the exterior surfaces of the m odule with a dry lint-free cloth or a soft-bristle brush. If any dirt remains, wipe with a cloth moistened in a mild soap solution. Remove any soap residue by wiping with a cloth moistened [...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 10 of 66 2. Installation This chapter describes how to install th e Acqiris hardware and software for Windo ws 2000/XP, National In struments LabVIEW RT, Lin ux, or Wind River VxWorks. NOTE: For a first time installation we str ongly recommend installing t he software before inserting the hardware into t[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 11 of 66 The PCI-8570/ PXI-8570 User 's Manual (Re v. 1.00) sectio n 2.4 cont ains the software i nstallat ion instructions. These should be exec uted before all owing the hardware i nstallation pr ocess to look f or the driver. If you have an A dLink CD Version 2004A4 or later you can use it; if no[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 12 of 66 3. To proceed with the installation click “Nex t”. The following screen will be shown. 4. Please enter your user information and click “Nex t” to continue. If the program finds that there is still Acqiris software installed on your machine a warning panel (not shown) will appear. Otherwi[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 13 of 66 5. Pick the desire d combination of m odule families and click "Next" to continue . 6. The screen above will normally allow the documentation to be installed. Remove the check from the box if you do not want online access to t he manuals. 7. The next screen allows you to enable LabVIEW[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 14 of 66 8. The screen below asks for the desired instal lation type. A fter havi ng made your c hoice Clic k “Next” to conti nue. 9. If you chose the Cust om installation, the following scre en will let you select each package indi vidually. Note that the space indicated for LabVIEW, Firmware and Us[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 15 of 66 10. If MATLAB is installed on your machine, you will be asked to point the installer to the MATLAB root directory. You should do this if you want the installer to modify the standard startup.m file to in corporate the Acqiris adaptor. 11. Now that the elements of the installation have all been d[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 16 of 66 13. If you have enabled the installation of 12-bit Digitizers, Aver agers, or Analyzers, the ne xt screen lets you c hange the name of the directory where the FPGA firmware will be installed. 14. Acqiri sLive needs the LabWi ndows/CVI 7. 0 Run-Time Engine to run. If Set up has detected that a La[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 17 of 66 15. Depen ding on t he install type , you may be asked which L abVIEW versi on format y ou want for t he LabVIEW files. Select the appropriate form at and click “Next” t o continue . 16. A summary will be shown to allow you to check what you ha ve asked for[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 18 of 66 17. You a re now ready to install. You m ay still go back to any previous sc reen to modi fy your selection. Click “Install” when ready. 18. Setup will now copy t he files and make the necessary changes to your system. When done, an information screen will be displayed. Please read this care[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 19 of 66 19. Registration of your installation will help us provid e you with better support. You will also be no tified of updates and upgrad es. All information submitted to us will be treated con fidentially and never be disclosed outside the co mpany.[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 20 of 66 20. Setup will prepare a registration e-mail in your e-mail clie nt app lication upon termination of the setup procedure. You can then deci de whether or not you wish to se nd it. You m ay also add com ments. Unc heck the box if y ou do not want t o register yo ur installat ion. 21. Click “Fin[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 21 of 66 2.3. Installing the Software for Linux The Acqiris Software is ready to install and run on Linux syste ms with any of the following:  RedHat Enterprise Linux Versio n 3 - Kernel Version 2.4.21-4.EL  RedHat Enterprise Linux Version 3 - Kernel Version 2.4.21-4.ELsmp,  Suse Linux 9.2 - Ker[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 22 of 66 acqrsPCI.o.2.4 .21-4.EL for Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 3 acqrsPCI.ko. 2.6.8-3-686 for Debia n 3.1 'sarge' acqrsPCI.ko.2 .6.8-24-smp for Suse 9.2 acqrsPCI.ko. 2.6.9-11.EL for Scienti fic Linux 4.4 acqrsPCI.k o.2.6.18-4- 686 for Debian 4. 0 'etch' To install the dri ver a[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 23 of 66 2.3.2. Special cases If you are runn ing a Linux dist ribution that d oesn’t use the standa rd paths for the l oad scripts, you ca n load the drive r with the command cd AcqirisLinux ./drv-install load Copy the driver to the module directory as follows: cp lib/modules/acqrsPCI.o[.n] /lib/modul[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 24 of 66 3. Turn on the power of th e crate(s), if present, and then th e PC and start t he operating system. NOTE: Acqiris Digitizers are equipped with a LED. If this LED is not glowing orange or red when the power is applied there is a severe problem. E ither the module is broken or the necessary volta[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 25 of 66 To proceed with the installatio n clic k "No, not this time" and then “Nex t”. Th e following window will app ear: To proceed with the installatio n click “Next”. You should then see[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 26 of 66 and then NOTE: In some systems an application program (such as AcqirisLive) will not yet work correctly at this point. One additional boot cycle may be needed if this is the first time that a ha rdware board is being installed. 2.6. LabVIEW RT During progra m development you can choose whether y[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 27 of 66 using the Install VI library for LabV IEW or LabVIEW Real-Time shortcut availabl e in the Shortcut folder unde r Start → P rogram s . There is only one Acqi ris Driver. It support s all Acqiris Instrument s. The instruct ions below c oncern LabVIE W RT as used in NI PXI processors. The Aq_RT.i[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 28 of 66 3. Product Description 3.1. Overview Controll er DEMUX A cq Mem PLX PCI Interface Ext memorie s 8 bit SH + ADC TIMEBASE TRIGGE R circuit Card Controll er Thr DAC Input Signal A mplifier Trigger Signal A mplifier 8bit PCI Bus Signal Input trigger Input 50 Ohms 50 Ohms 1M Ohms 1M Ohms CAL DAC DP11[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 29 of 66 3.2. Channel Input 3.2.1. Coupling Both AC and DC coupling modes are available. The AC mode couples signals cap acitively thus removing the input signal’s DC component a nd filte ring out any signal com ponent below 16 Hz fo r the DC2x1A digitizers, 32 Hz for the DC271-Fam ily and 10 Hz for al[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 30 of 66 Model Agilent # Bandwidth into 50 Ω Bandwidth/ Capacitance into 1 M Ω Minimum Rise Time BW Limiter selections Maximum Offset Other particularities DP105 U1067A 150 MHz 150 MHz 8 pF 2.3 ns NA 20 V BW 50 = 90 MHz DP106 250 MHz NA 1.4 ns NA NA BW 50 = 200 MHz Max FS =0.5 V DP110 U1067A 250 MHz 25[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 31 of 66 Model Agilent # Bandwidth into 50 Ω Bandwidth/ Capacitance into 1 M Ω Minimum Rise Time BW Limiter selections Maximum Offset Other particularities DC241A U1064A 950 MHz ( 1 GHz typical) 300 MHz typical 14 pF 0.35 ns (50 Ω ) (1.2 ns typical 1 M Ω ) 20, 200, 7 00 MHz (see remark below) 5 V (50[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 32 of 66 3.2.9. Using Probes The 50 Ω and 1 M Ω input i mpedance settings m ake it possi ble to use Acqi ris digitizers wi th a wide vari ety of probes. The 50 Ω setting is most commonly use d for active pro bes and low impedance ( 500 Ω ) passive pro bes. The 1 M Ω setting is normally used for high[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 33 of 66 The * indicates a Dual Input module whe r e there is one channel whic h can dig itize the signal on one of the two B NC inputs 3.3.1. Sampling Rate All Acqiris digitizers contain an analog -t o-digital conversion (ADC) system that can sample waveforms, in a real time sam pling mode, at rates fro[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 34 of 66 3.3.4. DP1400 Simultaneous Multibuffer Ac quisition and Readout (SMAR) For this modul e the internal mem ory has a dual-port stru cture which can be expl oited to perm it simultaneous data acquisition and read out. When the special SMAR option is pr esen t the memory can be turned in to a circul[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 35 of 66 3.4.2. Trigger Coupling Trigger coupli ng is used to s elect the coupling m ode applie d to the input o f the trigger circuitry. Modes availab le include AC LF Reject and DC. The AC LF Reject mode couples signals capacitively and removes the input signal's DC component and signals below 50 [...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 36 of 66 3.4.9. Pre- and Post-Trigger Delay To increase trigger flexibility a pre- or post-trigge r delay can be applied to the trigger positio n. The amount of pre-trigger del ay can be adjusted between 0 and 100% of th e acquisition time window (i.e. sampling interval x number of samples), whereas the [...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 37 of 66 3.6. Internal Calibration The software drivers suppli ed include cali bration functi ons for the ti ming, gain and offset set tings, whic h can be executed upon user request. T he digitizers are never calibrated in an “a utomatic” way, i.e. as a side effect of another operation. T his ensure[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 38 of 66 will be in the rang e [0 V, 0.7 V] and the high level in th e range [1 .7 V, 3.3 V] for HiZ. The high level output will typicall y give 0.8 V into 50 Ω . T he I/O A or B connectors can be used for an Enable trigg er input or the following output signals: 10 MHz reference clock , Acquisition ski[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 39 of 66 3.11. Electrical, Environmental a nd Physical Specifications 3.11.1. Electrical Max. Power Consumption (W) Current Requirements (A) (with Memory option) Model PCI Rev DM A Transfer Rate (MB/s) Standard WITH MEMORY OPTION +12 V +5 V +3.3 V -12 V DP105 2.1 ~100 13.5 15 0.55 1.3(1.6) NA NA DP106 2.[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 40 of 66 3.11.2. Environmental and Physical The modules have a Declaration of Conformity according to IS O/IEC Guid e 22 and EN45014 and CE Marks of Compliance. The American Standard MIL- PRF-28800F has been used as the so urce for many of the characteristics specified below. Those i ndicated with a ‘*[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 41 of 66 4. Running the AcqirisLive Application AcqirisLive is an application to contro l and demonstrate the capabilities of Acqiris Digitizers on a single machine. AcqirisMAQS is m ore advanced application offering many in teresting possibilities for the con trol of acquisition systems in a single or m[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 42 of 66 Other controls in th e control panel allow you to select th e optimal acquisition setting s for your particular signal. Each of the other control p anel functions will be discus sed in detail in the following Con trol Panel Functions section . Here is a sample result. 4.2. Control Panel and Func[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 43 of 66 Oscilloscope Mode Transient Recorder Mode 4.2.2. Displaying Multiple Traces If multi-channel modules, or seve ral single channel modul es , are installed on the P CI bus, multiple waveform displays, one from each installed c han nel, are overlaid on t he display. The current channel is selected [...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 44 of 66 As an alternative to contro lling the channels to be displayed fro m the control panel you can also control th em by selecti ng the desired c hannels from the list of channel gain s shown at the right hand side of the display window. Pressing the Finder button at the to p of the control panel wi[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 45 of 66 1. Clicking on the white numeric display of the voltage scale will show a pop-up list. Select the desired gain setting with the mouse pointer. 2. Clicking on the Decrement / Increment icons will step th e voltage scale up or down to the next level for each click of th e mouse. 3. Clicking Max / [...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 46 of 66 This Acquisition section of the contro l panel also indicates the number of waveforms acquired p er second by the digitizer. The use o f each of the acqu isition modes is descri bed below. In the discussion, a valid trigger indicates a trigger si gnal meeti ng the trigger c ondition s at a time [...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 47 of 66 • In the channels list, select a channel from the fastest digitizer (that will make that digitizer the current digitizer ). • Make sure the maximum num ber of sample s ( MAX samples in Memory panel) is large enough. • Select the desired tim e per division setti ng ( timebase panel): the fa[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 48 of 66 The main displ ay window contains a dr op down selector t hat controls the displ ay type for both the mai n display and the zoom wind ow. There are two m odes av ailable, the Live Display, or the Persistence Display. When persistence display is selected, all points d rawn to the display window s[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 49 of 66 2. The Autostore option allows you to store consecutively acquired waveform s from all of the active chann els into files. Configuration of Au tostore is achieved by selecting t he Autostore ite m under the Store menu. Autostore brings up the dialog box shown here. Three form ats are available f[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 50 of 66 where the data is located, sele ct the output format and click OK. All binary data files found in the source directory will be c onv erted to the desired format. If you are writing amplitudes with multiple segments, formatting with segments in columns is limited to 200 segments. 4.6. Calibrate T[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 51 of 66 4.10. Display Features Display features in the Options menu include items for • turning the waveform display off (by de-sele cting “Dis play Wavef orms”), • overlaying segments of a sequence, • connecting dis played data poi nts, • modifying the display refresh rate, • displaying t[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 52 of 66 Buffer size Upon startup of the application, the av ailable physi cal memory on the computer is checked. The total data buffer size is then limited to th e available memory minus 10% of the to tal memory. It is also possible to li mit the total data buffer size to a fixed value with the -bn opti[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 53 of 66 Simulation Mode Simulation mode allows you to run AcqirisLive without hav ing any digitizer installed in the PC. Temperature Update The internally measured tem perature of the cur rently select ed module is normally displ ayed. Using th is switch tur ns this feature off. Acquisition State This s[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 54 of 66 5. Running the GeoMapper Application 5.1. Who needs a Geographical Map of Modules The GeoMapper application giv es the user the possibility of telling the Acqiris driver crucial details of th e physical position of modu les when this information canno t be deduced di rectly. It allows the driver[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 55 of 66 correspond to your expectations y ou may have hard ware problem s (unpowered, broke n, or badly ca bled crates or modules). The next step is to associate each bus segment with a physical crate. The menu to do thi s is shown below: Selecting a row will cause all of the LED's of modules i n t[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 56 of 66 The final step is to actuate the Save button so th at the final configuration will be memorized and made available to the driver. The GeoMapper application will always work with the standard AqGeo.map file. If you need to have several such files corresponding to different configur ations it is u[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 57 of 66 6. Appendix A: ASBus for CompactPCI/PXI Digitizers Specification and User Instructions[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 58 of 66 7. Appendix B: ASBus 2 for PCI Digitizers[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 59 of 66 8. Appendix C: XA001 Battery Backup for CompactPCI Digitiz ers Specification and Assembly Instructions[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 60 of 66 9. Appendix D: XA100 BNC Input Overvoltage Protection Specifications and User Instructions[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 61 of 66 10. Appendix E: XP100 Fan Unit for DP214/DP235/DP240 units Specification and Assembly Instructions[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 62 of 66 11. Appendix F: XP101 Fan Unit for DP Digitizers (Obsolete) Specification and Assembly Instructions[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 63 of 66 12. Appendix G: XP103 Fan Unit for the DP Family of Modules Specification and Assembly Instructions[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 64 of 66 13. Appendix H: XP104 Fan Unit for DP1400[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 65 of 66[...]

User Manual: Family of 8-bit Digitizers Page 66 of 66 14. Appendix I: XP105 Fan Unit for DP1400[...]